Ohio Set To Reject Anti-Voter Bill | Care2 Causes

Ohio voters have decided that the consequences of the November 2010 elections and the rise of Gov. John Kasich (R) are simply too much to bear. First they gave the governor a resounding defeat by repealing significant parts of SB 5, Kasich’s union-busting bill. Now they are on the verge of doing the same with his anti-voter initiative . The bill, signed into law earlier this year, shortens the state’s early voting period, bans in-person early voting on Sundays, and prohibits boards of election from mailing absentee ballot requests to voters. To put some perspective on the impact of this voter suppression measure, in 2008 four in ten votes in Columbus, the capital of Ohio, were cast using methods eliminated in the voter suppression bill. As it turns out though, Ohioans like democracy, and they like the opportunity to participate in it freely. Ohioans have submitted nearly a...